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Regard events up to a point (6)

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I believe the answer is:

esteem

'regard' is the definition.
(esteeming is a kind of regarding)

'events up to a point' is the wordplay.
'events' becomes 'meets' (meet is a kind of event**).
'up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'to a' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'point' becomes 'e' (E is an example).
'meets' back-to-front is 'steem'.
'steem' after 'e' is 'ESTEEM'.

(Other definitions for esteem that I've seen before include "Admiration, regard" , "High regard as for customer" , "Respect and admiration" , "Venerate" , "Revere - prize" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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